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The Witcher 3 Coming to PS4

Add another new title to the nascent Playstation 4’s roster – The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt will be coming to Sony’s new console, developer CD Projekt Red just announced. The fantasy series is known for high-fidelity graphics, so it isn’t much of a surprise that the developer would want to take advantage of a new, beefy machine hitting the market.

“It’s a real pleasure to cooperate with Sony,” said Dam Kiciński, CEO of CD Projekt in a statement, according to Polygon. “Combining CD Projekt RED’s unique artistic vision and tech with the capabilities of PlayStation 4 will make The Witcher 3 a truly next-gen RPG. With Sony’s new hardware and our new engine, there are no limits to what we can create in the process of realizing our vision for Geralt’s dark fantasy world.”

In stark contrast to the Witcher 2,the Wticher 3 will be an open-world game, boasting an all-new engine and a world 30 times bigger than its predecessor. It plans on doing that without loading screens, something that would have been impossible on current-gen systems. It will also, importantly, give its main character a beard.

I’d be surprised if this is a Sony exclusive – the developer previously said that it would be available on “high-end” consoles, clearly leaving the door open for more possibilities. But until we actually confirm the existence of a new console from Microsoft (likely at either GDC or E3), all of these games are being announced for Playstation 4 only. That’s a shot in the arm for Sony in this incipient console war.

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